Kenny Do (UNLV Medical Student) and Eric Kawana (UNLV Medical Student) published a case report regarding polymyalgia rheumatica that was originally thought to be cervical spinal stenosis in the journal Cureus. 

Student Eric Kawana (Medicine) and Vladislav Zhitny (NYU Anesthesiology Resident/UNLV Medicine Graduate) published a study. The efficacy of radiofrequency ablation (RFA) in treating chronic thoracic and abdominal pain conditions was assessed. The study, following PRISMA guidelines, gathered 32 articles from 1992 to 2022, including observational…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) has been selected as one of few members to serve on the Technical Expert Panel (TEP) for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Practice Based Research Networks (AHRQ-PBRN). The goal of the TEP is to obtain insight regarding approaches or strategies for supporting the research of PBRNs and guidance for the…

Vladislav Zhitny (NYU Anesthesiology Resident/UNLV Medicine Graduate), Kenny Do (UNLV Medical Student), Eric Kawana (UNLV Medical Student) published a systematic review regarding the radiation exposure of interventional pain physicians in the Pain Physician journal. Millions of interventional pain procedures are performed each year to address…

Vladislav Zhitny, Eric Kawana, Edgar Lopez (all Medicine) published a study, "An assessment of program information on pediatric anesthesiology fellowship websites," on the Wiley Online Library. This study evaluates and compares information on pediatric anesthesiology fellowship websites in the United States to identify areas for improvement. With…

Manoj Sharma, Christopher Johansen, Sidath Kapukotuwa (all Social and Behavioral Health), Ravi Batra (Environmental and Occupational Health), Chia-Liang Dai (Teaching and Learning), Bertille Assoumou (Surgery) and Kavita Batra (Medicine) published an article titled, “Explaining the Correlates of Eating Outside-of-Home Behavior in a Nationally…

Vladislav Pavlovich Zhitny, Eric Kawana, Enes Djesevic, and Michael V. DiCaro (all Medicine) published a paper that aims to assess Augmented Web-based Applicant Experiences (AWAE) in Anesthesiology, emphasizing the need for these rotations and addressing potential limitations in case of restrictions on in-person rotations, as was the case…

Kenny Do (UNLV Medical Student), Eric Kawana (UNLV Medical Student), and Jenifer Do (UNLV Undergraduate Student) published a paper regarding the use of artificial intelligence in patients with chronic back pain. Their paper was published in the Korean Journal of Pain, and it shares ways physicians can use artificial intelligence to personalize…

Kavita Batra (Medicine) published a study, "A systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between galectin-3 levels and clinical outcomes in COVID-19 patients," in the Journal of Health and Social Sciences. This manuscript was an outcome of an international collaboration with researchers from several countries, including Poland, Italy,…

Kenny Do (UNLV Medical Student), Eric Kawana (UNLV Medical Student), and Jenifer Do (UNLV Undergraduate Student) published an editorial regarding the health care shortage in Nevada in the journal Cureus. Increasing residency positions in Nevada will help retain more providers for the community. 

Eric Kawana, Vladislav Pavlovich Zhitny, Luzviminda Alexander, Kyaw Min Tun, Omar Al-Taweel, Chowdhury Ahsan, and Aditi Singh (all Medicine) published an article, "Cardiac Anesthesia Intraoperative Interpretation Accuracy of Transesophageal Echocardiograms: A Review of the Current Literature and Meta-Analysis," in the National…

Celica Glenn Cosme, Philip Borsellino, Deanna Chea, Reese Krider, Nathan Rudig and Lisa Durette (all Medicine) published: "Prescribed psychotropic medication patterns among treated Foster Care enrollees: a single institution study."